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Dar al Gani meteorite | | which depends on its composition | | | | | | during meteor phase which depends on composition | Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert | | | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | | | DaG | | lower because the fall was not witnessed | 485755 kg | | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | | often minerals not found on Earth | Sahara meteorite | when the meteorite was found | | | 1691 | meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal | directly proportional to initial velocity | | | | | | |
low shock ureilite | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | which depends on its composition | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | low | S2-S3 | | no chondrules | during meteor phase which depends on composition | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | shock metamorphism | partial melting residue | cooling in deep underground chambers | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | | | AURE | | | | 9 kg (out of date) | | carbon, metal, sulfides small silicate grains along grain boundaries less than 10% by volume | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | often minerals not found on Earth | S3 shock stage meteorite | | | | 6 (out of date) | asteroid | directly proportional to initial velocity | less than 20 GPa | very slow | | | | coarse-grained granular |
polymict ureilite | | low | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | | | | no chondrules | high because it is more friable than iron meteorite | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | | partial melting residue | cooling in deep underground chambers | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | AURE | | 7.1 % of meteorite falls | | 9 kg (out of date) | bre - chia | smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | silicates (with very few exceptions) | polymict breccia | | | | 6 (out of date) | asteroid | high because it is more friable than iron meteorite | | very slow | common in clasts | typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | fragmental breccias containing lithic clasts of typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | coarse-grained granular |
S1 shock stage meteorite | | which depends on its composition | | unshocked | S1 | | | during meteor phase which depends on composition | strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity | | shock metamorphism | | | based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred | | | | | | | | | 485755 kg | | | in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude | | often minerals not found on Earth | shocked meteorite | | | | 1691 | meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal | directly proportional to initial velocity | less than 5 GPa | | | | | |
DaG 319 | silicates show minor fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands primarily in olivine | which depends on its composition | olivine, pyroxene (some combination of pigeonite, orthopyroxene, augite) | unshocked | S1 | S1 shock stage meteorite | no chondrules | during meteor phase which depends on composition | Dar al Gani plateau, Libyan Sahara Desert | reduced rims contacting carbonaceous matrix material 0.1 mm FeO-free olivine and/or enstatite rims riddled with tiny inclusions of low-Ni metal | shock metamorphism | partial melting residue | cooling in deep underground chambers | DaG 319 | small euhedral graphite crystals can sometimes be distinguished | fracturing, undulatory extinction and kink bands | can be severe due to long exposure time to environmental corrosion agents | W2 | AURE | DaG | | lower because the fall was not witnessed | 9 kg (out of date) | bre - chia | smaller mineral fragments, carbon, suessite (Fe3Si), sulfides, minor chromite and minor apatite | 27° 01.68' N., 16° 21.52' E. | olivine-pigeonite about 90% by volume | often minerals not found on Earth | | 1997 | 0.740 kg |
 | 6 (out of date) | meteoroid from interplanetary space or fragment dislodged from another planet, moon or planetesimal | directly proportional to initial velocity | less than 5 GPa | very slow | common in clasts | typical monomict ureilite material plus a variety of other lithic clasts | | coarse-grained granular |